"Ada apa di luar?"

Translation: What is going on outside?

[Squiz92]

Can't it also be 'what is outside?'?

[arielkbt]

I asked an Indonesian and it can’t. Apparently this construction means “what is going on”

[donny309620]

Depending on the context, yes it can. For example: I am looking outside the window and my kid asks "ada apa diluar" and I say "ada kucing di luar". Jadi in this case "ada apa diluar" translates to "what is outside".

[Keith_APP]

What if "Apa ada di luar"?

[Harvey384140]

Would apa yang terjadi di luar be acceptable??

[Karthik03121811]

Apa yang berlaku di luar is more to what is going on outside there.

There are 2 ways this is be handled, the spoken by folks outside the street which is made easy and the proper offical - this is spoken street language